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Friday, August 9, 2013

World Breastfeeding Week is celebrated every year from 1 to 7 August in more than 170 countries to encourage breastfeeding and improve the health of babies around the world. It commemorates the Innocenti Declaration made by WHO and UNICEF policy-makers in August 1990 to protect, promote and support breastfeeding.

In the spirit of Breastfeeding support, an independent survey was carried out in FCT-Abuja &amp;amp;lt;iframe src="http://2912a.v.fwmrm.net/ad/g/1?nw=168234&amp;amp;amp;csid=2145689625&amp;amp;amp;pvrn=1376066472.404177&amp;amp;amp;resp=ad;;ptgt=s&amp;amp;amp;envp=g_iframe&amp;amp;amp;slid=leaderboard&amp;amp;amp;slau=Leaderboard%20728x90&amp;amp;amp;w=728&amp;amp;amp;h=90" width="728" height="90" /&amp;amp;gby Nutrition Alert to ascertain how much support/encouragement mothers are getting. Over 90% of the mothers involved in this survey are working mothers in private organizations. The survey findings showed that many mothers are indeed aware of the benefits of breastfeeding their children, and a majority would want to breastfeed exclusively if they had the support of their employers.

It was alarming to discover that a lot of the mothers in the survey resumed work only 6 weeks after delivery and had to rely on infant formulas because their work places are not friendly for babies and their schedule does not allow time for them to express breast milk and they do not get adequate rest to enable lactation.

The sharp decline in breastfeeding rates, and practices in
the weeks following delivery, particularly exclusive breastfeeding is not only as
a result of lack of support from the home or the community. When a mother is a
sole or a joint bread winner, support from only the home and community is not
enough. Policies that will force employers to support breastfeeding mothers too
are mostly need. When they are lacking, formulas becomes the mother’s closest ally
and exclusive breastfeeding will be just a dream.

Saturday, September 8, 2012

The
bone is a very essential component of the skeletal system, and plays an
essential role in support, protection of the body vital organs, movement,
production of body blood cells and mineral storage. For the bone to be able to perform
these above functions it has to posses the following characteristics; it have
to be light for the body to be able to carry it along in movement, be strong to
support and protect the body and above all be healthy.

To
maintain a healthy, strong and light bone the first thing that comes to mind is
“diet”, yes the food you eat have a great way of controlling the general look
and function of your bone. Whether
you will end up with bone conditions like osteoporosis, pagets disease,
osteoarthritis etc depends partly on your dieting

So
here is a list of do’s and don’ts if you are eating for a healthy bone

Excessive
intake of protein can be a don’t, protein especially red meats are known to
produce sulfates which can displace calcium in the bone and cause a decrease of
bone density

Excessive
intake of Table salts and all sodium containing foods is not advocated for, for
they can indirectly reduce bone calcium

Excessive
intake of caffeine is known to reduce calcium absorption, so mind your intake
of energy drinks and coffees

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A little bit about me

Chioma Daniel-Mmiriukwu is a Nutritionist and columnist with extensive experience in individualized nutrition profiling, counseling and diet planning, aimed at helping clients improve the quality of their health and fitness levels. Having worked with clients in various aspects of life, she has a rich and diverse cultural perspective on nutrition and how to apply the practical knowledge in health and disease conditions.
Her clientele cuts across individuals with need for weight management, Diet counseling, stress management, general lifestyle modulation and those with health concerns that require diet changes like the hypertensive, diabetic, arthritic, etc.
She is a wife and a mother.